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"human": "Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.\n\n<passage>:\nThroughout seafaring history, ships and sailors have been lost to storms, accidents and war. Until recently, most of these ships were weak wooden sailing vessel , their skeletons quickly eaten away by sea creatures. Now, large vessels made of steel float on the seas. Thousands of these huge ships have been lost in times of war and in times of peace.\nThe bones of great metal ships, unlike the wooden vessels of old, survive the destruction of the sea long enough to become home and harbor for underwater life of all kinds. Shipwrecks often provide the only hard surface and structure at the sandy bottom of the sea, something many sea creatures need.\nThe ship has been underwater for only five days. Its surface is still clean. Six weeks later, the wreck is covered with a slimy layer of algae , but it is still recognizable as a ship. Soon, animals that need to attach themselves to a hard surface, like the feather duster worms, make the wreck their home.\nIn warm waters, coral polyps settle on the wreck and begin the process of building a rock-like _ on the ship. Small fish are attracted on all of these creatures. Larger fish come to feed on these small fish that hide in the wreckage. Eventually, the largest animals are attracted to the rich life on the shipwreck.\nShipwrecks give us valuable information about how sea plants and animals develop. We know exactly how long this wreck has been under water and how long sea life has been growing on it. Yet even the strongest steel shipwreck will finally be destroyed by the flows of water. But long after this wreck has been broken apart, it will still act as a reef . Layer upon layer of sea life has formed a structure that is now more natural than artificial, and will remain an island of life under the sea.\n\n<question>:\nWhich of the following is NOT TRUE about shipwrecks?\n\n<options>:\nA Most ships in ancient times sank easily and become shipwrecks.\nB Shipwrecks, for scientists, are worth researching to get valuable information.\nC The skeletons of old wooden shipwrecks will exist for quite a long time.\nD Some sea animals tend to seek food on the shipwrecks.\n\n<answer>:\n",
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